Attachment and Personality Traits as Predictors of Fears in Student Age

Occupation: Associate Professor
Affiliation: Institute of Psychology and Pedagogics, Altai State Pedagogical University
Address: Barnaul, Molodezhnaya str., 55

Dmitry Kashirsky

Occupation: Professor
Affiliation:
Federal Science-Clinical Center of Rheumatology and Reabilitology, Institute of Higher and Supplementary Professional Education, Department of Psychology and Reabilitology Technologies
Altai State University, Law Institute, Department of Criminal Procedu
Address: Russian Federation

A. V. Nefyodova

Occupation: Senior lecturer, Chair of Social Pedagogics and Psychology
Affiliation: Vladimir State University
Address: Russian Federation, Vladimir

G. G. Ernst

Occupation: associate professor, Institute of Psychology and Pedagogics, Department of Psychology
Affiliation: Altai State Pedagogical University
Address: Russian Federation, Barnaul

Journal name

Psikhologicheskii zhurnal

Edition

Volume 44 Issue 1

Pages

55-69

Abstract

The article presents the results of a study of the predictors of students’ fears. The sample consisted of university students (N = 94,82% - women) aged 18–22. The measure of intensity of fears by Yu.V. Shcherbatykh and E.I. Ivleva, the questionnaire “Experience of close relationships” (ECR) by N.V. Sabelnikova and D.V. Kashirsky, Attachment Style Questionnaire by J. Finey et al. (ASQ) adapted by N.V. Sabelnikova, D.V. Kashirsky, the “Big Five” (5PFQ) technique by P. Costa and R. McCrae adapted by S.A. Shchebetenko were used in the study. Based on the principal component analysis (PCA), the structure of fears experienced by students was revealed. It included “fears of uncontrollable events” (changes in personal life, death, illness, etc.), “natural fears” (darkness, enclosed space, snakes, spiders, etc.), “social fears” (exams, public speaking) fears and “fear of losing self-control” (aggression towards loved ones, auto-aggression, etc.). The quality of the structural model has been verified by confirmatory factor analysis. The analysis of regression equations (MRA) revealed the dependence of individual groups of fears on avoidance of attachment relationships, neuroticism, extraversion, and conscientiousness.

Keywords

fears, types of fears, attachment, anxiety, attachment avoidance, character traits, factors of the “Big Five”, student age

Publication date

26.02.2023

Number of characters

32879

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GOST	Sabelnikova N., Kashirsky D., Nefyodova A., Ernst G. Attachment and Personality Traits as Predictors of Fears in Student Age // Psikhologicheskii zhurnal – 2023. – V. 44. – Issue 1 C. 55-69 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://psy.jes.su/S020595920024348-8-1 (circulation date: 28.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S020595920024348-8
MLA	Sabelnikova, N., Kashirsky, Dmitry, Nefyodova, A. V., Ernst, G. G. "Attachment and Personality Traits as Predictors of Fears in Student Age." Psikhologicheskii zhurnal 44.1 (2023):55-69. DOI: 10.31857/S020595920024348-8
APA	Sabelnikova N., Kashirsky D., Nefyodova A., Ernst G. (2023). Attachment and Personality Traits as Predictors of Fears in Student Age. Psikhologicheskii zhurnal 44(1), pp.55-69 DOI: 10.31857/S020595920024348-8

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